Daniel Urstöger – Co-founder, Tech Lead

During his 22-year long career Daniel has served in the roles of CTO and Head of IT, most recently at CHECK24 where he ran on-prem infrastructure before overseeing a migration onto AWS. He made his entrance to crypto working as a contractor, where he gained initial experience with staking infrastructure.

Max Sherwood – Co-founder, Managing Director

Max entered the crypto world in 2013 by mining bitcoin, and eventually ran a Proof of Stake node in 2017. With a deep understanding of the industry and experience at custodial and non-custodial crypto service providers, he has emerged as a thought leader in the staking space and understands the challenges that lie ahead.

Dr. Alexander Taiyo Scheuwimmer, MBA – Legal & Regulatory

Taiyo not only runs his own law firm Taiyo Legal, but is also the president of the Austrian Lawyers Association. His regular contact with the Ministry of Finance ensures that he’s kept up to date with changing regulations, which in Austria currently look very constructive for staking. His multinational background further opens the door for H2O Nodes’ infrastructure decentralization in Asia-Pacific. 

Evgeni Kozyr – DevOps Engineer

Evgeni began his blockchain career in 2020 as a Software Developer at BlockSize Capital. In 2022 he became familiar with the Solana blockchain at Unstoppable Finance, which started as a self-custody wallet and eventually became a larger blockchain banking infrastructure project. His work at H2O Nodes focuses on Solana and Sui.

Tobias Albrecht – DevOps Engineer

Tobias began his career in 2008 as a web developer, and since then has led IT teams in roles such as Head of DataCenter and CTO. He also undertakes projects independently as a contractor, where he uses his hands-on mentality to ensure customer satisfaction.

Volker Lieder – Data Center Operations

Volker started his career in 2003 as a Linux System Engineer before eventually starting his own managed cloud service provider company Uvensys in 2012. This has given him extensive experience running high-performance server infrastructure in data centers.